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From: arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp
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Subject: Re: [9fans] blanks in file names
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 22:14:09 +0900
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Hello,

> One of the beautiful things about Plan 9 is that it provides a  
solution
> that's workable with little effort.  The various substitution file
> systems provide a workable solution without introducing any  
additional
> complexity.  If you want a total--100% complete--solution, then a
> `urlifyfs' can be written that uses URL escaping as a canonical
> representation, or something similar.  The system interface  
doesn't
> have to be changed, though.  *That* is the mark of a clean system
> design.
The idea was born from the discussion between Dave and I.
Dave proposed '\' escape.
Until that time, I had been tied to quoting strategy.
%XX looks ugly as Dave says, but it works cleanly.
That is the beauty.
We must be patient with this ugliness because we are in textual
environment. Full GUI environment, I believe Plan9 also have it
in future, will remove this ugliness.
Thanks Dave.

Kenji Arisawa